The webcomic is original. I remember a chapter where the author mentioned that she did not base this off a novel, or write a novel first. She's letting the comic write itself so apologised for update delays and the like. There is a novel based on this comic, but it's not very long.
Emperor's character development is good which is a lot compared to how he would kill 100s if its in the name of the other guy whose name i forgot... and the violence towards his son is also close to 0 as he considers the other guy's words.
In season 5 I wanna see baker Taesung.
I MEANT TO LIKE THIS BUT I HIT DISLIKE INSTEAD